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A sampling:

New York Daily News: “Ferrell is in top form, using his open-faced oafishness for something more than oversized skit characters…. And Galifianakis finds a PAC-full of stumpy nuance in Marty. Either of them could be refugees from a 24-hour news cycle. Which makes ‘The Campaign,’ full of inglorious hallelujahs, rabid attack ads and ready-to-rumble town-hall crowds, a bipartisan farce. Like the politicians it skewers, it knows the real winner is the stupidity, stupid.”

Bloomberg: “Raucous and crude wins, and ‘The Campaign’ is more funny than trenchant. The formulaic populism (those power brokers are named the Motch brothers, most certainly to be confused with the Kochs) doesn’t stand a chance in a race with two clowns.”

NPR: “Ferrell’s new comedy, The Campaign, is both funny and undisciplined, a political satire that works best when the commentary sags and the crass absurdism escalates.”

Washington Times: “‘The Campaign’ revels in cynicism, going for cheap but effective jokes about the asininity of modern campaigning: the rote flattery of constituent groups; the hard-hitting-but-empty-headed campaign commercials; the sweet nothings uttered on the campaign trail and during debates in lieu of real ideas.”

LA Weekly: “Plopped into a decidedly gray election-season landscape infected with corporate rot on all sides, the film’s veer into fantastic solutions to very real and relevant problems is almost charming — but, like a third-party candidate, it’s also incredibly easy to ignore.’”

ABC: “‘The Campaign’ isn’t the smartest political satire you’ll ever see but it’s up there with some of the funniest. It’s an over-the-top political farce that speaks volumes about our political process.”

New York Times: “[T]he movie, which is sometimes very funny in the usual zany, pop-surrealist sketch-comedy manner, is studiously inoffensive and thoroughly chicken-hearted. Punching a baby — a bit featured in the trailers — is shockingly funny but not exactly brave. The film’s timidity places it squarely in a tradition of Hollywood anti-political comedy that has flourished at least since Mr. Smith went to Washington.”

EW.com: “In its ramped-up media-farce way, The Campaign leaves no satirical stone unturned. There are terrific parodies of the mud-bath unreality of negative advertising in the Super PAC era, plus great scandalous gags about outsourcing and house servants. But perhaps the best thing about the film is that it doesn’t let those other players in the political process off the hook: the voters.”

Truer words were never written. This is a comedy for the ignorant masses and is made and written by those who will eat up the underlying message --- that corporate America and billionaires are the root of all evil.

I'll be kind, ladies and gentlemen, just simply save your money. This cinema is worthless, just like the actors in it. An insult to anyone with half a brain. Watched the trailer....and, that was enough!!! Would hate to be an investor in this movie. If you are, kiss your investment money goodbye, idiot!!! End of story!!!